been looking for someone talking about this for a while. not the best vid, and such a simple thing...
on the lazy-web tip - i've been looking for a wind-up radio that i can plug my ipod into. i hate shopping online, but i've done a buncha looking and haven't found anything... maybe i should patent it?
anyways: cheap-and-easy solar hot water. guess i'll build one of these sometime soon. damn it.
May 28, 2008
if you haven't seen the videos of the new concentration camps, you really, really, really must. it's easy to write it off, until you see what they've built. concrete fields with double fences, with blockhouse entrances and turnstile exits, all nominally for a "train repair station."
the pink floyd soundtrack helps sooth the burn. but expect someone you know or love to be in one, if mccain wins the election.
-got up late (8am)
-didn't work on the house at all
+went to lowes, got a 4ft level, 800 ft of black plastic pipe and an angle grinder (we have a secondhand generator now)
+got the oil changed, tires rotated
-ate china buffet. ick.
+cleaned the water tank (from the inside. almost got stuck. logan had to hand me a five gallon bucket so i could climb out)
+pumped water (for the first time since the pump broke, was sent off, returned, reassembled etc)
+laid 500ft of pipe down to the new goat paddock (they're finally clearing real agricultural area), which conviniently goes past the new house site. 2, 2, 2 destinations in one. whoo.
+did some plumbing
+pulled some more cashmere dreadies off of our biggest goat, copper
after a year of fairly regularly hitting the goodwill on sundays (red tags 99c) i now have an impressive collection of white button down shirts and white linen pants. it definitely helps. even when they start to turn brown.
what was that dang place called in the jackson art museum, the kid's korner or whatever, with all the well-meaning attempts at enlightening exhibitions...
anyway, i went there dozens of times as a kid, and this video was on a loop. must've watched it fifty times.